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The Appellant filed RTI application dated 15.04.2019 seeking information as under;
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"On going through the Information Brochure English for JEE (Advanced) 2019 to be conducted on May 27, 2019 (Monday), under sub-heading 18.1 General Instructions for CBT: Point 8 at page number 23 is read as under:
8. Scribble Pads for doing rough work/calculations will be provided to the candidates. The Scribble Pads would have a Header page for the candidates to write down his/her Name and Registration Number. Candidates are allowed to take his/her signed Scribble Pads at the end of each paper of the examination given to him/her at the start of the paper.
Provide additional information/ clarification on the above point:-
A) Number of sheets that will be available in one scribble pad, B) Size of the sheets in the scribble pad, C) Also inform, shall there be any upper limit on issuance of scribble pads to a candidate/ aspirant during Paper 1 and Paper 2, when he/she wants additional ones after he/she consumed the previous ones. Because a student/ candidate may need more than one scribble pad according to his way of attempting the questions, font size he uses and pattern of doing rough work.
D) As upper limit of issuance of scribble pads has not been described/ clarified in the brochure, provide the certified copy of the order/ circular/ rule etc. clarifying the limit, issued by the competent authority. E) How the general public shall be made aware of the limit of issuance of Scribble pads(if any) as the same has NOT been mentioned in the brochure of JEE (Advanced) 2019.
F) Provide web link for its online payment.
G) The cost of R.T.I. application has been paid online by appellant on rtionline.gov.in H) Provide the information and certified copies as requested as per R.T.I. Act.
The Appellant stated that he is aggrieved with the fact that his son was denied an extra scribble pad in the JEE examination, due to which he could not clear the exam and therefore he sought for these details from the public authority.
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The CPIO clarified the norms governing the provision of scribble pads to the candidates who appear for the JEE examinations.
Decision The Commission based on a perusal of the facts on record observes that from the standpoint of the RTI Act, no action is warranted in the matter as the information sought for in the RTI Application is in the nature of seeking clarifications and deduction by the CPIO and the same has been appropriately replied to by the CPIO.